Greg Ward, of Loganville, Georgia, shot 24-under par for the final 36 holes of the Professional Putters Association's 2008 Western Open Sunday afternoon in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Ward shot a 42-under par, 102, for four rounds and finished first in a field of 26 professionals from all over the country in the first PPA National event of the season. Mike Baldoza of Austin, Texas, finished one stroke behind Ward for 2nd place. Both Ward and Baldoza are members of the PPA Hall of Fame.

Course 1

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

Place

Player

1

2

3

4

Total

Cash

1

Greg Ward

27

27

24

24

102

$ 500.00

2

Mike Baldoza

31

22

26

24

103

$ 400.00

3

Jeff Carr

26

25

29

24

104

$ 276.67

Jay Klapper

27

24

25

28

104

$ 276.67

Cliff Matthews

26

28

26

24

104

$ 276.67

6

Dennis Biesma

26

27

25

27

105

$ 150.00

Don Parker

26

25

27

27

105

$ 150.00

Ricky Schults

24

25

28

28

105

$ 150.00

9

Jeffrey Smith

27

28

28

23

106

$ 110.00

10

Brad Lebo

23

33

25

26

107

$ 45.00

Wade Sahmel

27

26

27

27

107

$ 45.00

12

Greg Newport

31

25

27

25

108

13

David McCollister

25

30

26

28

109

Randy Reeves

28

27

29

25

109

15

Rick Rybaczek

28

30

26

26

110

16

Rick Baird

27

27

26

31

111

Brice Bergesen

30

27

26

28

111

Charles Cox

31

26

26

28

111

Byron Kirby

31

25

30

25

111

20

John Bambling

29

28

27

28

112

21

Randy Orr

31

25

26

31

113

22

Tony Varnadore

34

27

30

25

116

23

Danny Tatum

31

26

31

29

117

24

Tom Robertson

27

33

27

33

120

25

Greg Simpson

32

30

32

32

126

26

Lee Messinger

32

36

31

31

130

In the APA division, 2007 APA National Champion Nathan Anderson also posted a one stroke victory shooting 110, 34 under par. In second were Jack Ramsey and Adam Sahmel at 111 with Alan Sahmel at 112 rounding out the top four in the amateur division.